Insect-catching attachment for cultivators



Selk. 1s, 1923.

J. B. VAUGMAN ET AL l INsEcT CATCHING ATTACHMENT 'FOR cuLTlvAfroRs Fildnec. 2o

. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 e. 1s, i923. f

` M J. B. VAUGHAN ET AL INSECT CATCHING ATTACHMENT FOR CULTLVATORS FiledDec. 2G, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ,.2 /Cv c J Z5 j' y (Q x Z A PatentedSegrt.V "i8, n nur,

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i INSECT-CATCHING ATTLCHMENT TOR CULTIVATOR-S.

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ToaZZ whom t may concern:

Be 1t lrnown that we, JAMES Beroep VaUerrAN, oit Lacy Springs, in thecounty ofV Vlvlorgan and State of' Alabama. and JOHN Tillmann, otTaylorsvllle, in the county of VMadison and State o'rr1 Alabammhaveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inl lnsect-Catching`Attachments for Cultivators;V and we do hereby declare the 'following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art'to which it ap'- pertains to make anduse the same.

@ur invention relates `to attachments for cultivators and moreparticularly tothat class ot attachments which are designed to Y knockinsects from the growing plants and into i. receptacle wherethey areexterminated. rEhe object otour invention' is to provide a simplecontrivance; which may readily.befattached to all standard makes ofcultivat-ors without in' anywaydisligur ing the implement and 'oneembodying eilicient means Jr'or effecting. reino-val fill' ot insectssuch as boll-weevil -and the like and punctured squares withoutiinjuringthe growing yrilant7 suchfinsects and defective squares being`caught in Vpans carricdbv the cultivator.V f

n the drawings, Figure lV4 is a view in side elevation of a portion orafoultivator with our improved attachment applied thereto. Figure 2 is atop plan view Vshowing the relative positions of the different partsoi2our attachment, the cultivator parts being omitted for the sake ofclearness.

Figure 3 is asectional View through theV two pans which catchtherinsects. Figure 4 is a view in perspective or' one of the pans.

.1, and tt'ormsa support for an iron bar 2, preferably bowed, and theends of which are respectivelysecured to the uprights of the arch,series of chains 3 are suspended from the bar 2. these chainsapproximately spanfg.v ning` the open space between the sides otVV thecultivator7 .one end or' each hanging free. 4l designates an armarranged long-i4 vtudinally of the cultivator and having its forward endsecured to the frame of the cultiva-tor at one side of .the arch.V

From its point of connect-ion with the trame the arm extends rearwardlyand is then curved downwardly and inwardly,

`the free end of the arm projecting rearwardly TheV arch of thecultiva-tor is` Vshown 'at in an approximately horizontal position.

This outer Ytree end forms a support tor a second series oi lreelysuspended chains 5H.l :second arm Gott similar shape that firstmentioned, and like the tra-meV l is secured at one end to tlielarm buton the opposite side ofthe arch is oi: a length less than the l'ir'starm. It too, supports a series of chains 7 at its outer end which isintermediate the chains 3 and the chains 5. rlhese chains 7 aresuspended only from one end.

The arms i and 6 are so Varranged that the chains secured to each wil1be in line oi'ldesired Lach pan has a vertically dis posed side walllQand two end walls 13 which forni the three sides oiE the pan. Thebottoni lll is slightly inclined so as to fit the ridge ot soil thrownup by the cultivation oit the plant7 and each pan along its open sidehas itsedge rolled or beaded as Vat l5, this rolled edne serving as acurb to aid in retaining kerosene or other exterminator in `thetrough-like bottom oi the pan. l preferably provide partitions 1G ineachY Vpan so .as to limit the wastag'e of 4kerosene as much aspossible. The edge of each .pan near its lront is cut away, as

shown in Figureal, to aid in bringing the plants into position betweenthe pans without in any way injuringa them.

In the operation of the cultivator, with its arch straddling therow ofplants, the chains suspended from the bar l will tend to Venvelopiheplant as they are moved thereover and will whipoil" the insects andpunctured squares, beinefurther `aided to that end by the chains 5 and 7which respectivelyV strike the opposite sides ot the plant. After theoperation the contents of the pans i are usually burned.

We claim-as our invention: Y l. An insect catching attachment forcultivators (including member attached to each side of the arch of thecultivator, av

plurality of chains depending from said member, arms extendingrearwardly from the front of the cultivator, one'oi said arms being o1less length than the other, a pluralit)7 of chains located near theextremity of each arm and troughs beneath the chains. 2.*An insectcatching attachment for cultivators including a member` attached Vtoeach Vside of the arch of'a cultivator1 a plurallty of chamshaving eachone end attached to said member and the opposite end -l hanging free,arms extending rearwardly Y from the front of the cultivator With theirouter ends in a plane lower thanthe plane ofthe member attached te thearch, ene of said arms being of less length than the i other,.aplurality of chains suspended fromV the extremity of each arm so thatoneend will hang `free, :and troughs beneath the chains. Y

In testimony whereof We have signed this specification. l Y

JAMES BUFORD 'VAUGHAN JOHN TERRELL.' 'f

